Laika is organizing her team and assigning them tasks to begin the project of renovating an abandoned hotel that was once a major center of the political life of her state, with much official and unofficial state business having been decided there. The hotel is fairly decrepit now, but because it served as a hotel during the entirety of its life span before falling into disuse, its main problems are related to age and a lack of maintenance. The owner plans to reopen the hotel as such and tout the historic significance of the site to bring in business. Laika needs to do a fabric analysis on the building, but what tasks does she need to do before that to begin her project? Examine the building’s development throughout the entire period of its use.

Create a statement of significance that outlines a plan and budget for working on the building.

Determine through a careful search through available archives what the building’s significance was.

Analyze the landscape of the building to determine the historical significance of any landscape features.